单词 | irish tweed |
释义 | > as lemmasIrish tweed b. spec. Designating a cloth, fabric, or textile produced or manufactured in Ireland, or (occasionally) an item of clothing made from such a material, as Irish frieze, Irish poplin, Irish tweed, etc. Cf. Irish linen n. at Compounds 3. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lxxiv. 768 Also venemous beestes fleen Irysshe wolle [1495 de Worde yryssh woll, 1582 Bateman Irish wooll] and skynnes and felles of bestes of Irlonde. a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) l. 659 Irish wollen and lynyn cloth. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) iii. 131 I can make good mantyls, and good Irysh fryce. 1586 Worcs. Inventory in J. West Village Rec. (1962) iv. 111 A blew Irish rugge coverlett. 1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise ii. 136 December must bee..cladde in Irish rugge, or course freeze. 1698 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 432 The Flanderkins have laid a duty of 3 guilders upon every £100 of Irish wool that is imported there. 1751 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. III. 34 I have bought for my mourning a dark grey Irish poplin sack. 1786 Morning Post 7 Oct. (advt.) Irish Poplins and Tabbinets, calculated for the most elegant demi-saison and Winter Dresses. 1813 J. Austen Let. 15 Sept. (1995) 219 Very pretty English poplins at 4.3—Irish D° at 6.0. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 566 The curtains are embroidered on blue satin and white watered Irish poplin. 1892–3 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall–Winter 33/1 Boys' Overcoats... In Scotch, English and Irish tweeds. 1909 J. Joyce Let. 17 Nov. (1966) II. 264 Irish tweeds, Donegals and suitings. 1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold ix. 115 Gaudy shirts of calico and round-jackets of Irish frieze. 1969 R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume (1970) 198/1 Loden, a waterproof cloth resembling Irish frieze. 2009 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 7 Sept. s1 She wears her white hair long past her shoulders, topped by a flat cap of Irish tweed. < as lemmas |
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